Proverbs 6:14

Myles Coverdale Bible

he is euer ymageninge myschefe & frowardnesse in his hert, & causeth discorde.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
He always plots evil with perversity in his heart;he stirs up trouble.

Hebrew Names Version
In whose heart is perverseness, Who devises evil continually, Who always sows discord.

King James Version
Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord.

English Standard Version
with perverted heart devises evil, continually sowing discord;

New Century Version
They make evil plans in their hearts and are always starting arguments.

New English Translation
he plots evil with perverse thoughts in his heart, he spreads contention at all times.

Amplified Bible
Who perversely in his heart plots trouble and evil continually; Who spreads discord and strife.

New American Standard Bible
Who, with perversion in his heart, continually devises evil, Who spreads strife.

World English Bible
In whose heart is perverseness, Who devises evil continually, Who always sows discord.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Lewde things are in his heart: he imagineth euill at all times, and raiseth vp contentions.

Legacy Standard Bible
Who with perversity in his heart continually devises evil,Who spreads contentions.

Berean Standard Bible
With deceit in his heart he devises evil; he continually sows discord.

Contemporary English Version
They are always thinking up something cruel and evil, and they stir up trouble.

Complete Jewish Bible
With deceit in his heart, he is always plotting evil and sowing discord.

Darby Translation
deceits are in his heart; he deviseth mischief at all times, he soweth discords.

Easy-to-Read Version
They are always planning to do something bad.

George Lamsa Translation
He is perverse in his heart, he devises mischief continually; he sows discord.

Good News Translation

Lexham English Bible
perversion in his heart, he devises evil; at all times he will send out discord.

Literal Translation
Perversity is in his heart; he is plotting evil at every time, he sends out strife.

American Standard Version
In whose heart is perverseness, Who deviseth evil continually, Who soweth discord.

Bible in Basic English
His mind is ever designing evil: he lets loose violent acts.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth evil continually; he soweth discord.

King James Version (1611)
Frowardnesse is in his heart, he deuiseth mischiefe continually, he soweth discord.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
He is euer imagining mischiefe and frowardnes in his heart, and causeth discorde.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
His perverse heart devises evils: at all times such a one causes troubles to a city.

English Revised Version
Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth evil continually; he soweth discord.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
bi schrewid herte he ymagyneth yuel, and in al tyme he sowith dissenciouns.

Update Bible Version
In whose heart is perverseness, Who devises evil continually, Who sows discord.

Webster's Bible Translation
Frowardness [is] in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord.

New King James Version
Perversity is in his heart, He devises evil continually, He sows discord.

New Living Translation
Their perverted hearts plot evil, and they constantly stir up trouble.

New Life Bible
He always plans to do sinful things because of his sinful heart. He causes arguing among people.

New Revised Standard
with perverted mind devising evil, continually sowing discord;

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Hath perverse things in his heart, deviseth mischief on every occasion, strifes, he sendeth forth.

Douay-Rheims Bible
With a wicked heart he deviseth evil, and at all times he soweth discord.

Revised Standard Version
with perverted heart devises evil, continually sowing discord;

Young's Literal Translation
Frowardness [is] in his heart, devising evil at all times, Contentions he sendeth forth.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Who with perversity in his heart continually devises evil, Who spreads strife.

Contextual Overview

¹² A dissemblynge person, a wicked man goeth with a frowarde mouth: ¹³ he wyncketh with his eyes, he tokeneth wt his fete, he poynteth wt his fyngers, ¹⁴ he is euer ymageninge myschefe & frowardnesse in his hert, & causeth discorde. ¹⁵ Therfore shal his destruccion come hastely vpo him, sodenly shal he be all tobroken, and not be healed. ¹⁶ There be sixe thinges, which the LORDE hateth, & the seuenth he vtterly abhorreth: ¹⁷ A proude loke, a dyssemblynge tonge, hades that shed innocent bloude, ¹⁸ an herte yt goeth aboute wt wicked ymaginacios, fete that be swift in rennynge to do myschefe, ¹⁹ a false wytnesse yt bringeth vp lyes, & soch one as soweth discorde amonge brethren.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Frowardness: Proverbs 2:14, Proverbs 16:28-30, Proverbs 21:8

he deviseth: Proverbs 6:18, Psalms 36:4, Isaiah 32:7, Isaiah 57:20, Ezekiel 11:2, Micah 2:1

soweth: Heb. casteth forth, Proverbs 6:19, Proverbs 16:28, Proverbs 22:8, Proverbs 26:17-22, Hosea 8:7, Romans 16:17, Galatians 6:7, Galatians 6:8

Reciprocal: Genesis 27:41 - then 1 Kings 20:7 - seeketh mischief Psalms 17:11 - set Psalms 52:1 - mischief Proverbs 3:29 - Devise not evil Proverbs 6:12 - walketh Proverbs 11:20 - of Proverbs 24:2 - General Proverbs 24:8 - General Ezekiel 38:10 - think an evil thought Zechariah 8:17 - let Matthew 15:19 - out

Cross-References

Exodus 2:3
And whan she coude hyde him no longer, she toke an Arke of redes, and dawbed it ouer with slyme and pitch, and layed the childe therin, and set it amonge the redes by the waters brynke.

Matthew 24:38
For as they were in the dayes before ye floude (they ate, they dronke, they maried, and were maried, euen vnto the daye yt Noe entred in to the shippe,

Luke 17:27
They ate, they dranke, they maried, and were maried, euen vnto ye daye that Noe wente in to the Arke, and ye floude came, and destroyed them all.

1 Peter 3:20
which in tyme past beleued not, whan God once a bode and suffred pacietly in the tyme of Noe, whyle the Arke was a preparynge: Wherin fewe (that is to saye eight soules) were saued by water.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Frowardness [is] in his heart,.... Or perverse things; evil habits and principles of sin; all manner of wickedness, errors and heresies; things contrary to right reason, repugnant to the will and law of God, and the reverse of sound doctrine; all evil thoughts and evil things; see Matthew 15:19;

he deviseth mischief continually; against his neighbours, and especially against good men; he is continually planning schemes, contriving methods, ways, and means, how to disturb, distress, and ruin men; being a true child of Belial, or of the devil, his heart is the forge where he is continually framing wickedness in one shape or another; and the ground which he is always ploughing up and labouring at to bring forth sin and wickedness, and with which it is fruitful;

he soweth discord; or "strifes" z: the Syriac version adds, "between two"; which Jarchi interprets between a man and his Maker; rather between a man and his neighbour; between one friend and another; between husband and wife, parents and children, brethren and brethren, magistrates and subjects; between kings and princes of the earth in which sort of work the man of sin, antichrist, has been very busy. The Targum is, "he casteth out strifes", as firebrands among men. The words in the Hebrew text are, "he sendeth out discord", or "strife" a; these are the messengers sent out by him to make mischief.

z מדנים "contentiones", Pagninus, Montanus, Junius Tremellius, Piscator, Mercerus, Gejerus "jurgia", V. L. "lites", Baynus, Cocceius; "litigia", Schultens. a ישלח "mittet", Pagninus, Montanus; "immittit", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Mercerus, Gejerus, Schultens, Michaelis.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Proverbs 6:14. He deviseth mischief — He plots schemes and plans to bring it to pass.

He soweth discord. — Between men and their wives, by seducing the latter from their fidelity. See the preceding quotation.